Wedron draws 188 commuters a day, with 2.9 jobs for every working resident
There are 189 jobs in Wedron; 66 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Wedron itself; outside it, Ottawa draws the most (20%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Wedron, and who commutes in
On a workday 65 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Wedron, and from where
Where Wedron clocks in
20% of workers
11% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A place that makes things: 98% of Wedron’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wedron, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 189. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wedron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Wedron goes to work
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Wedron: questions
Where do people who live in Wedron work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ottawa (20%, 6 mi), LaSalle (11%, 18 mi), Peru (9%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wedron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wedron
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.